O. Gösta A. Persson (8 January 1904 – 23 February 1991) was a Swedish freestyle swimmer and

water polo Water polo is a competitive sport, competitive team sport played in water between two teams of seven players each. The game consists of four quarters in which the teams attempt to score goals by throwing the water polo ball, ball into the oppo ...

player who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics and in the 1936 Summer Olympics. Persson was born in Stockholm on 8 January 1904. In 1924 he won the bronze medal as member of the Swedish 4 x 200 metres freestyle relay team. He was also part of the Swedish team which finished fourth in the Olympic water polo tournament. He played all six matches. Twelve years later he played four matches in the 1936 Olympic water polo tournament when the Swedish team finished in seventh place. Persson died in

Malmö Malmö (, ; da, Malmø ) is the largest city in the Swedish county (län) of Scania (Skåne). It is the third-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm and Gothenburg, and the sixth-largest city in the Nordic region, with a municipal pop ...

on 23 February 1991.

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Swedish male freestyle swimmers Swedish male water polo players Olympic swimmers of Sweden Olympic water polo players of Sweden Swimmers at the 1924 Summer Olympics Water polo players at the 1924 Summer Olympics Water polo players at the 1936 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Sweden 1904 births 1991 deaths Sportspeople from Stockholm Medalists at the 1924 Summer Olympics 20th-century Swedish people {{Sweden-waterpolo-bio-stub